The 2009 Irish Championships took place in Ballsbridge, Dublin, 4-12 July. Colm Daly won his fourth title.

Championship: 1 Colm Daly 7½/9; 2-3 Valery Atlas (IM), Mark Quinn (IM). Games, PGN.

Intermediate: 1 Phelan, John 4½/5; 2 Pearse Dunne 3½.

Junior: 1-2 William Ffrench, John Farren 4½; 3 Ruth Cormican 4.

Weekender: 1-3 Pawel Madynski, Gordon Freeman, Stephen Scannell 4.

Some coverage of the open tournament is available from Colm Daly's site.

Peter Cafolla sent this annotated game.